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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1844), 1845-07-10

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1844), 1845-07-10 page 1

THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL. VOLUME IX. CO LUMBUS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1815. NUMBER 1. MANSION HOUSE Cikcinkati, O., Main .1. M tile the Cout t Ihuu. This Hold h,ivm( pund into iho hnwU uf Iba wdofftgwd, i now iimlcrgoiog a thorough ri'iir iknwgkoul iho rata cslahlishmeut, IM MUte h.llg ''' .tuS'rMof dt,.M wiU he .. I attractive sad convenient Hupping place for business men. Tin- proprietor will spare m pains in making his fOOtti feel M homt, Hi lurpeneoee in this lint daring a loaf residence ; wiih hm brother of tli-- American Hotel, cbtumhus. ., VM ill f- il rcrt;un that the Man Mini House will not b interior to mi) MttM in the Miil, Mv old acquaintance nrt! Invited la call nnd see mc rinciimati, March Kl. .if. CKAUNCCY KBL8BY. NoTK'F.. lli.vmn sold my coore Moot of Hardware lo Messrs, tiere, Abbott V Co., oil persons knowing them-m Iu's indebted to me will please take notice, th.il I preler that tin.' ICCOQDtl should be paid to RM, rather tMM 100 proper ulBeera. I.LCIAN BUTTLE. We have purrhnsed Mr. failles' stork of ttardwara, ami talted tho store for a term of years. In a few tloye we ex-perl to receive ft fresh Mipply Of goods, purchased hy an experienced haml, which will make our stock large and arell Be Itwted. Vfe arc disposed to sell food at bur nUMi uud invite the former customers of the place, nnd all purchasers of Hani ware, to call at lh,i sign of ihe (olt Padlock Mitd examine our KOode and price. GRB, ABBOTT Jt CO. May 3. rWOOD A. CO.. No. i:i Miulu t si . PMn lelnhiii, tn vile the attention of the merchant! of Olio to their stock YFoRllOR ami Domi.m ii; Dmv (loons. They are now receiving Own abroad, and from the niuoeroei mauafaeioriee tn the city and vicinity, great v ariettas, of goodi cpoeiaNy adapted tO'lhe western trade, lu ieveral desiralile articles, Ihey can give inpoiiaet advantages to their auelonera, and they behove all their prices will be found second to none in rheejpneaa. Jin2'2..wt-w&ilif. Iiiil'V. AND COBDAGfl I Ai TOItV.-MK-. K. l J HinjiLMToa willeontinne the above boriaeee, ear ried ou in this city ly lie r late tuisluind for ten years past. Tim work will be exeeoted bjrtbeaaani foreman and banda ertaa have been engaged in the Ropawalk for the last two vsera ) and the publia ma) be assured that all detcHpltoMl of Rape and STvne, H d curds, ihttgk H't, fyc, JfftM will be made promptly to order and in tin HUB superior ttylu which bns beretofofe given 10 ntttch latienict' 1 - Aug. 13, reu.aw.if. "Hooks whlCfa are Hooks." Till; LIBRARY OFCH01CR KB A 01 NO now ready. No. 1. Botbea, 01 Travel hroiight home I rum the Kasl. Pr ee N eta. 2. The Atnboi Witch : The most iidcresling Iriul of Witcli-eraft ever known. Price .LJ7.J els. it. Qemwn Romance, Undine, ami S.n'.ram and Ins Companions. Price .H) cts. 4. Imagination and Fancy, hy Leigh Haat Price, 50 ctf. fi. The Diary ul l.ndy Willoughhy. Price J.'icts. fi. Tabkl Talk: Opinion on Bootf, Men and Tilings : bjf William Haalitt. Part I. Price S7cle. 7. Headlong Hall and Niglil-Mare Ahhey. Price oOcin. ft. The French in Algiers. Price 9U cts. 0. Table Talk. Pan S, hjr Wan, HasHlt, Prke974 eta, 10. Ancient Mural 'J'ules, Iroiu the Geala Huinaauiu. Plato 3(.) cts. 11. Tha CV'srrnl and the t'ros ; or ltomance lad Heali- ties of Kaatern Travel, by Eliot W arbortoo, Eaq. Part I. P2. The Crescent and the Cross. Pnrt , Pnrc DU tOK Fur sale ut the Hooksture of June 21. 1. N. WHITING & HUNTINGTON. NI'AV H(HS History of (he Popes, from die foundation of the .See of Home to A. I. 17511, at U cti., by Aiehibeid Dower, Esq.. to he completed in l Not. Nos.M and 51 'erplanek'i Stiakspeare. No. 2(1 Pictorial Bible. Ancient Mora! 'Piles, from Ihe Gcsta Homanoruni. 37 cti. The French in Algiers. ;17 clu. Headlong Hall ami Nightmare Abbey, 37A rM. Notes of Travel in Kurope, Egypt, and the Holy I. and, in lull and I M3, by c. U. Riaketu ; t vol. ISmo, History of (ierman, from the earliest period to Ihe pfe-Baol time, hy Frederick Kohlrausch coinplcte in 5 Nos., ut l2j rent! each. Just received at June 9. RILEY'S. SAVE VOURflELVES. The New Vofh Contnbuiiow ship Fire Insurance Company, are ready to insure ogainat 1 - and damage hy fire, in Fmiklin coiinly, ( lliio. Thii Company is old and well cstaMishcd, end mimbt rs aotflOget 1 Us dirtctuM, some ul the principal ouiiness meu ot .V ork cilv. PiniciuMi" !. Bsayth Rogers, PifjreVat Jaam Me-Hride.john A da an, loan Uaggerty, QaKaa C. Verphwek, John Jolinin, Joseph KerMMman, John I. Palmer, Henry Pariah, Reuben Withers, William BeoU,Ferdmaad Haydaia, Peter I. Ifevios, Rkrbard IrVin, 1. I. Marlbat, Qeoage P, pollen, VVilliem Cehnrte, Lowell Holbrook, Calob BaratoW, Tbntaaa V Norm, Robert Colgate. The undersigned is the duly authorized ngrnt of the above company, and is taking insurance at atsonVe, ncl 001 100th uf whiting it Hnntington's Bookstore, np rtalre. May 27..tw-tf. F, J. MATTHEWg, Agent. COLUMBUS HAT STORK. The suMenhir hn 00 hand, mi din (Vhimlum Hal Store, ft few doors north ot the Aaieriraa, one of ihe mnsi splendid nupi riment nf Hats ever msoroq m una cuy. me aasiniaiani iwipisni an mnus gra addressed, were the ruling places ot uivor- and a prices, from a most lUpOtb Heaver down lo the r huup- ,-est kinds. Blon- Gentlemen who wnnt lints nrc invited to cull, particularly In 17 lo, for cxnmple, ihere wns what they call a those who are told in the Dry Goods stores that they can get ' ridotto ul rrsront Vauxhall for w hich one paid half n Hats there of ihe same quality, ch.-r.ner ihan they can buy j guinea, though, except some thousand more lamps Iheaal DM Hat Uteres. Many of the Hats offered at lry h , ' 7 ' -i a...dw.ore, are damaged and old mmcd. If ...y one and a covered passn- there wns nothing belter limn Rant saea a Hat, he can get it at a Dry Goodi store. Hut d on a common night The tide mid torrent ol coach-yea waul ngnnd, fiukkmmt Hat one that will do yt,n ser-; rs was so prodigious, that Horace Wnlpolo left his vice, and worth year money, call at the Cvtumbut Hat More, )0use nt b o'clock, and it was half past nine before Jg ! 123 t1! begotbejf way from Westminister Bridge. The A line assortment uf LSOHUKn IIAiS of dilterent ,h i m . , ? i numbers nnd prices. Also, Royi nnd Children-. Fur n.,d Ofllj ninusing part wns a man in a lurks dress, nml Leghorn linn andt'aps; and a supply of CLOTH CAI'S, two nymphs in masquerade without mnsks, who sail-always on hind. cd amongst the company, nnd, which vtaa the inofct (I r Gentlemen will please bear in mind, that all Hats pur- gurpri8in(r, seemed to surprise nobody, the ed at the Ceeaaebaa Ual tftore are troaed end dieatea aw r , , ,r ' , without charge. J. E. RUDlglLL. Lord Chesterheld a pctnmuscmcnt was rather more May fi. (civilized. The masquerade ut it.uielagh commen- AW H(U)Krt. Heport of Case, argmd and deter- ced alwaya at two o'clock in the day, and the sight mined in ihe Kngbsh Icleiasncal Conns, wuh table presented by gay crowds of masquers, who in their nf the cases and principal matters, ediinl t-y F.dwnrd I). In-1 coaches, their Sedan chairs, or in the myriads of graham, Ran , ef the Phdndclpaia liar ; in '. volt. J nats which thronged the river, hurried to the scene ESVl St Trr " fc8tivity,prT,cd ,hout nS well a, ,n .1,0 Sar- i 'hnnh. t i,, i-.,.,.v mmA in v.rrM F.dited i,v Fraiicw J. dera a most brilliant etlecl. Hut lu suh s these mns- Treohai, Raq . of ihe Philadelphia Par ; in f vo'lu. For sale by J. II. KH.F.Y, Law Ho.,keller and Stationer. June :i. QTOP THAT It A I.I. Inltrrxling to thou ptrM,ns that O aewNaarseeasMW Jons AHaaenrtehntsidavasle lermmcd to do all ksnda of Hookl,indniir in the belt ntyle. and at lower prices than has been chargjed heretofore in tni city. He will aUo keep on hand a funeral nssorirnent of ltlank toik uf VaOJOaa qualities and kinds, such as are in general use. All kind of blank work made up and forwarded nrt short notice. April 2U. VKI.PKAL'H OPKKATIVK bUEoSx, by Do Mesa. i w Khssaeefei of I hserndve norgary. by Alf. A. L. M. Velppau, cnrefully reviel, enlirely remoddellerl. and aus;-meriled with a Treatise nn Minor Hurperv. llluslrated by ear .mo Rewravhice, ioeavBsanMed with the Text. First American from die NttA Paris Fdition. Irnnslalrd by V. H. Townend, M. I). Augmented by die addition of several huit'lrcd - - nf cntirelv new matter, comprising nil the latent improvements ami discoveries in Purjerv in America uped Earepa, m an dm peeeeaathae. Undes the supervision Ktt. and with Notes and tJbservatious, by 'aleiuine Mott, M. J. To !e eonipleled in 3 vols. Volume 1 M now published-Just received and for sale at the Hnoktlnre of JaaeM. I- N. WIHTINti At HUNTINGTON. CKM1PK1CH .SFlKiF.KY XV.W KIHTION Thf First Lkanef Ihe Theory and Practire of Surgery, including tm- Princppnl Operalif-iii. Hy gaojaoj COefsef. New Kdi-tion with Nolt'S and Additions, bv Willard Parker. -V D.. Prfessor of Surjrery in the CehVgi nf Phyinani and 8ur-reons. iii ihe Cniversitv of the Stale of New York. Ate. Ate. nans, Just rcceired and for mIc nt ihe tniktnre of laeeK I. N. WIHTINti & HI NTINtiTON ?AHNR8TOCK S VKUM1FFGK Wholesale and re-L uii, at ehe Draf atoeaef J. it. whratoN. April -. Corner Broad and High sli. AT fl fl QT A TT? 1 HI TUN A T UlllU OllLlJj J U Ullil A Li. . .. . -th pn.hiou in S i . 1 . I - Hi mli . .1 I o ir Attn. Tb. Kov masque mtoCWOf under tho spices of Queen Victoria, has turned nil eyes to the court dress and court manners of tlic last century. w , ke fW ih. (Jourt Journal the following ineo dote, &.C., of lllgh life in ttic time of good Queen Ann, nd the two first Georges: Propriety of dress, nt the epoch chosen for the Ball, was u sort of virtue. Deeoiinn depetided on color and form. The Princes Anne, as n lover of propriety and etiquette, thought herself hound to an inspection of her servant's milled and periwigs. Lord liolingbrokc:, having' one day visited her in haste, in a Hamilie tie, she remarked, "that she supposed his Lordship would soon come to Court in his night cup." The ruling feelings wae even strong in death. Lord Tlianet, on his death hed, sent for his tnilor, and asked him if he could make hun a suit of mourning) in eight hours; if bo could, he would go into mourning for liis brother Burlingt00 hut that he .1 i . I Ml MMMftfl I,,,, ' kmiM I,,,,,,1!' TOO I mode of managing those accessories, the stiuti- UuX the cane, and the feathered hat WM a ItUUV of the deepest importance Itwaje. t rencn importation, and the last groal actors of tlic t'omedie FnncniM prided themselves HKMt mi this talent, and on that of playing with the trill of their shirt orjaboi "Who," exclaimed the poet (iay, "can resist the eloquence of the emb roidered. coat the gold noffbojt( and Um omher-hettded canu:" The play of the snulfhox whs to tiie gentleman what that of the fin wad to ladies aithul period and as it is to the fair Spaniards; at the present day. The contemporary essuyist records this fashion in his good humored satire, in nil advertisement. ''The exercise of the Mmff-lKUt, says ho, "according to the most fashionable airs nnd motions, in opposition to the exercise uf the fun, will ho btUflht with the best plain or perfumed sniiU", at Charles Lillie's, Strand. There w ill he taught the ceremony of the snull'hox, or rules fur offering DuflJ according to the degree of familiarity or distance, with explanations careless, the scornful, the politic, nnd the surly pinch, and the gestures proper in each of them. N. II. The undertaker does not (piestioti hut in n short time to have formed a body of regular snutfhuxes, ready to meet and make head agtinet nil the tfginjent Of fans which have been lately disciplined, and arentow in motion." To be in keeping with the epoch and their costumes, we are afraid that the ladies and gentlemen nt the Queen's Hull w ill require u gffjit dtej more dexterity in the use of fan, hat, smttl'-hox, and dangling sword, than most of them will have acquired. Such was the nicety of gentlemen of UM day, that they would scarcely condescend to touch lOTtfcUMJ with their bejcweled and heerutlh'd fingers. It wan n rule, fur example, with two brothers, the Duke of Marlborough nnd Jack Spencer, never to dirty their fingers with silver; nnd as they, like nil other gentlemen, went about la hackney e beere the ebaumji used to light for the honor of carrying thein, in hoped of picking up the guinea sure to be thing, instead of a shilling when they were set down. With n certain set this over refinement extended itself ut last to all ttM habits of life. It has been handed down as an extreme, to which Lofd llervey carried his effeminate nicety, that, when asked at dinner whether he would have some bet f, he answered, "Beef? oh, DO faughl Don't you knov I never out beef, nor horse, nor any of those tniugar Young Sir Uolph (iorc took i into Ins head that he would not be watted on by drawers in nrown trocus ami bluenprons, and literally gave ail the waiters at the "King's Arms" rich embroideries and laced clothes. IJut in spdo of this extravagant refinement a-nmngst the more exquisite members of society, a great deal of roughness of habits prevailed, as in abundantly re mrded by contemporary members. It WM on this account that when the popular farce of "High Life Helow Stairs" nindo its appearance on the stage, Selwyn expressed his anxiety to be present nt its representation, "fur I nm weary," B.nd he, "ef low live above stairs." Of the state of society of this period, we may judge hy its nmusom-'iit-s Marylebone gardens, Vauxhall, Hanclagh, the head quarters of Lurd Chesterfield, and where lie had Ins querades, mortiing concerts, consisting chiefly of or- ntorios or eveninir entertainments Of the same tie scription, commencing nt half past live and concluding at nine, were constantly given within its precincts, and nttendf.d by the P hall toshionable world. It was at the m isqtics, however, that the greatest gAity prevailed. Costumes of ml countries and nil penoda and rank might be found there, nnd the broadest fun and frolic were universal. The doors without were always crowded with spectators, whose audible, and unrestrained comments on the noble nnd gay revellers ministered to the gratificntioncf eornc, or, as the case may be, wounded the self conceit at others. The gardens, esteemed the most beau' iful in the kingdom, crowded by beauty and splendor, and fashion, presented the most brilliant effect. The , impropriety of these amusements, so devoid of refinement and where the Knglish nobility and gentry, the most exclusive in the world, mixed promiscuously with the worst and most debauched members of the community, was soon felt. AI-mack's now rapidly waning, was the first exclusive institution of pleasure which struck a blow at coarser recreation. There is a new institution, my a Walpole in 1777, which begins to make, and if it proceeds will make a considerable noise. It is a club of both aexee to be erected at AInnclTonthe mode of that of the men at White's. Mis. Fitzroy, Lady Pembroke, Mrs. Meynell, Iady Molyncaux, Mien Lead are the foundresses. It was, however, the Italian Opera, the greatest luxury of refinement and Clilization, the most extraordinary exotic importation, the institution which, combining in a foreign Innguago, tragedy, comedy nnd farce, with music, and with the uddilion of nil that choregrnphy uml pictorial effect which gradually absorbed (and still continues absorbing) the more frequeiiteis of other inferior places of recreation. And ictus add here that particularly since, like reckless and ignorant spondlhrifn of the foi Unes their lathers have earned by the sweat of their brows, we have, to our shame, parted with the matchless glories of our legitimate drami, the Italian Opera as n proof-of our well-employed wealth, of our taetO nnd civilized luxury, is the last pride of the COUUlry in the way of recreation. In comparison to the Continent, we have the same superiority in this respect in the metropolis, us we have m the sports ot the field in the country. We only hick (he taste for art of other nations nol privileged by their riches to ab soib the great talents ot Kurope. His Majesty's Theatre was not, however, in 1715, as it is now, the exemplar of good manners and decorous conduct. We may mention on instance in point a scene in which the aclors were persons of the best lineage and highest refinement of the (lay. One night there was a great tcufle at the Opera. ; Lord Lincoln WU ablated in ihe most shocking intn net hy a drunken officer; upon which ho kicked him nnd was drawing his sword, but was prevented. Horace Walpo!e MW the quarrel from the other sido of the house, and rushing to get to Lord Lincoln, could not for the crowd, lie cliiued into the front bnxes, nnd stepping over the ihoulden of three In-dies, before he know where lie was, found that he had lighted in Lord Buckingham lap, Such wus the reokleai precipitancy of u gentleman in those duys, and " Alticus was he." I.Hhor uml Wnyii. A recent letter of the Secretary of the Slate, communicating the returns of the CoiMula and commercial agents of the Untied Slates at the several ports abroad, containing information in regard to the amount ami description ot commerce and trade between 1 lie U. States nnd foreign countries, together with much incidental information, is before us. A-mong the many useful facts which it sets forth, are the statistics of labor nnd wages in the principal parts of the world. The interest which has been taken, nf late yours in this subject, nnd the importance which politicnl economy has assumed, HI a science, renders such information as we have noticed, and particularly when derived from an authentic source, of great practical value. The statesman, the philanthropist, uml indeed every reading man appreciates the importance of finding out. nnd under-tending! the caueee of national prosperity and of national poverty, and the train nf events which have Combined to settle the vast superiority of some nations over others on the ecoro of prosperity. We have space only to give the current prices of labor in some of tlic principal parts of the world. Annexed is a table showing the relative wnges of particular cralAs in London, Glasgow, Marseilles and Cadiz : WAGES PER WEEK IN Luntlon. (JIusstow. Marstittts. ( 'ndiz. Bricklayers, (1 50 Ji Hi Currit-rs, 7 '-20 lJ 70 :t 90 Cordwaintre, 0 oo :i W 10 70 ilaziers, 0' '-i.l Hatters, (I 50 it 50 !i 90 Tailors, 7 88 4 00 U 70 Mnaons, 7 50 4 W 8 M Shipwrights, 7 HO I 01 4 80 4 M Paintera, 0 88 4 ;I7 n 80 j Suiiihs, 8 (il 8 75 8 M 4 115 Bookbinders, 5 :t0 '! -10 3 (10 Coopers, ;i BS I :t 00 4 88 ('alnnetmakers, 4 ytl It 80 House Carpenters, I 90 4 HO H FiO Pieeterere, I BO I 4 ho 3 tiO Item Cottera, 4 70 1 4 bo Watchmakers, 5 00 Printere, 5 00 3 00 3 90 Weavers Hand Loom, 2 00 2 70 Do Silk, 4 00 I Agricultural laborers in the vicinity of London, nv-e rage from 8 40 to 2 80 per woek, during summer and spring; nnd women employed in field work, receive about 1:2 cents per day. Many of these laborers, however, are, in consequence of the scarcity of work in winter, glad to goto work nt thnt 6enson for what they can get. The laburcrs employed in various trades nrc paid, generally, at the rate of from 'l Hri to $5 01 per week, according to the nature of their emplo) ment. It is impossible to state with IBJf degree of accuracy, the amount of reiuunrration for personal service in London. It depends altogether upon the nature of the service and talent required. Clerks nnd persons of thnt class nre paid salnrics varying from liUNi up to 04(800 per inm according to their length of service, the nature Of their occupation, and the confidence reposed in them. Snne mercantile clerks receive ns salary more than the amount anmnlly paid to the Minister ot tlicLmtcd Mateo id London. In and about Pans, the prico of mechanical labor range from 50 cents to 1 50 per diem; and agricultural from $4 i8 to 50 per month. At (Je-nna the price of mechanical labor is ns follows: Blacksmiths from 98 to 75 cents per day ; joiners from '24 to 25 cents per day ; masons I to M e. mis; printers Irom 1! to 47 cents; shoemakers from '.Wto IJ7 cents ; bakers from 31 to 53 cents ; coopers from 3 to 75 cents ; hatters from 31 to G'2 cents ; tailors (rum 10 to 08 cents the laborer boarding himself and paying all his own expenses. Hut here another consideration applies the coat of living. As a general proposition, living is much cheaper in the United Slates. The only staple articles at (lenon cheaper than here, are maccaroni, oil and coarse linen. But even our substitutes for these are cheaper : bread, butter, meat and cotton fabrics. The duties upon sugar, coffee and tea, are enormous nt OeeM. Meat is always dear, and the common people seldom eat it In every respect the American laborer has Ihe advantage over the Sirdinian of three to one. But things are improving m the kingdom ; labor is rising, the necessaries of life are growing cheaper, and the general condition of the people is better than it has hitherto been. At Vienna, the wages of mechanics, handicrafts men, and workmen in manufactories, vary from '24 engraving is coarse ; light vignctt agricultural im-cents to 01 per day. From October lo April, in plemcnt and ateamboot in the distancp. Pay A. some of the provinces, the agricultural and ordinary laborers have about G cents per day ; and from April to October, about LI cents per day. In some the other provinces the daily wages may berated from 19 to 48 cents; but most of the work in the fields of the landlord is done by soccnge. In no part of the world h labor so well rewarded as in the United States no where besides is the working man able to live so wef', and to occupy as elevated position in society as he does here. In this, as in so ninny other respects, is the excellency of our institutions apparent; we entertain a just pride of the superiority of our workmen, and their jociul condition. Philadelphia M&$tngtr, I. flier- of liiliiiittiiliel Itfrn. Tun English Mission. The "Town" makes itetlf merry over the ludicrous wny in which the honor of representing the Union nt St. James's has been going a begging through the laud ; and gives several of the replies received hy Mr. Polk to his overtures to the different personages, who (the "Town" rOAfi, have had the oiler made lo thein. They are certainly very characteristic. We append a few : CtiAi'F.i, HlLb, May . My dear Mr. Polk: I am perfectly aware that the pat ty have driven you into t mighty narrow place; hut you will get used to such things, as I have, before your next term. I have learnt by experience that there are always scrapes for green ones to get into. You should not have suilored the party to get your nose to the grind stone, unless you meant to suffer some. As to taking the mission to St. James's I'll see you d d first. Yours respectfully, Thomas II. Benton. Li.mf.nwom, May . Most Excellent Sir: Yours, offering tnethe place of Minister to England, is duly received. My opinions on this subject are, 1 trust, definitely understood. Ily the way, have you noticed in the papers ho sadly we want rain in the North? Oarden vegetables, will, I fear, suffer immeiiselv. The appointment of mv ! son John as Attorney General of this State, must, I IIiiiik, have enoruefl you much pleasure, nnd nave been perfectly satisfactory to Genera Jackson. I believe that the United Slates Hank was a curse to this country, and that a proper regard for the interest of the Union does not demand that a new name for the confederacy should be adopted ; although I am free to confess thnt bnnks under proper regulations, may he very useful, nnd that, should the public sentiment require it, I should be the first to glory in tho name of Alleghania. Yours, with great respect, Martin Van Bcuf.n. Washington, May . Sir: My engngemcnts with Mr, Morse will not permit me to accept your very flattering oiler of the mission to England. Another reason is that it has been a cardinal principle with me to nccept only offices of profit, ami as the mission n I turned to would probably pay a loss of 10,000 per annum, it wouldn't answer my purpose ut all. If the party will guarantee to make up the loss and pay me n bonus for breaking with Sir. Morse, I nm open to proposition?. Failing in this, I respectfully offer the use id the Magnetic Telegraph to government to communicate with Mr. McLuue. Very respectfully, Amos Kendall. Emimhe OtOB Roeef, May . Friend Jim i rod your loiter to the hoys the other nite and they giv three cheers forlhe first diinmiernt in the union. I hav made some cuquiris about iho place you otfer me nml i ralher think i kant kum it it wont pay. I should rather get into the Treasury or Mint somehow, i hav long had an intention of getlin into the mint if possible. I hav had a good deal to do with banks and treasury notes are just in my way. couldn't you make mc one of the depositaries of the public mutiny. I would be sure to keep it sale My Inemls Mr, Wouldtidge and Air. lord will go bale for my honesty. Bare (his in BUM ; but i knnt go the missionary business. Yours, Hinders. P. S. The boys are reddy to tnko origan or knlc-fornier or any thing else you want when you say the word. .V. Y. Kvpreit. A Quaker Marriage. A correspondent of the ion's Herald gives the following description of t wedding1 at the Friends' meeting holme in New Bedford. The parlies were Dr. Benjamin F. Hardy and Miss Sarah Coggleshall. The hour appointed wns eleven in ihe fo .moon. At that hour a large assembly convened within the walls of a plain hut somewhat ancient edifice. After the lapse of a few minutes, the bride nnd bridegroom, attended hy their friends and Iho elders of the church, made their appearance, andseatod themselves according to the images of tho society. The bride and bridegroom, with the elders of the church, sat on a platfoim facing the audience, while the friends of tho parties Bat immediately before them. The dress of the young couple, though rich, wns nlain. and their deportment and manners grave, as become thr followers of Penn nnd Fox. I was never so struck with the marriage ceremony M my life be fore; nor did I see a smile ot levity in tne arpeea assembly.After sitting in silence fifteen or twenty minutes, an aged man probably the leader of the meeting-arose and made a few sensible remarks on the general importance of covenant Keeping; after which the bride and bridegroom joined hands, nnd each in an audible voice promised to he fatMnl to each other till death should separate them. They tL. n severally signed a printed covenant, on parchment, I believe; after which the covenant was read in the heating of the meeting. It was read k y the venerable Mr. Shermnn, the oldest printer of a newspaper in New Bedford. The audience were now invited to repair to a central part of the house, where, a table being placed, the covenant was laid on it, and those who were willing to do so appended their names to it as witnesses. The ceremony of witnessing the covenant was long and somewhat tedious, but nevertheless interesting. The company began to leave the house in silence, before half the names were inserted. A new counterfeit has made its appearance at Pittsburgh. It is on tho North Western Bank of Virginia, at Wheeling -denomination 10. The Williams dated "Wheeline, May 1. ltUrimmedi ntely over the President's name, and also over that of the Cashier. There is no implement on the genuine notes of this denomination. From the New Orleans Picayuue. Fcaifut Brtribniiou. Our neighborhood wns startled yesterday morning; by the report of a pistol, fired in Mr. Kcndig's auction store, on Camp street, nearly opposite our office. A mi intent after the discharge, men were seen running to and fro, ns though some friohtful deed hud been committed. The immediate occasion of the stir and confusion is soon told, though beyond the act there is a history, we fear, darker in its complexion than tin- transaction we are about lo relate. About 10 o'clock a girl named Henrietta Illan- chnrd stood in the frontdoor of Mr. Kcndig's store, and becKoned to some one to come to her. Mr. Keudig imagining that she desired to see him on business, stepped up to iier. He was told thnt it wua not him she wanted, but a Mr. John Parker Petti-wny, who is a negro trader. Mr. Petti way hereup on approached her. one nsked htm to walk out with bur, when he turned to Mr. Kendig, and do- sired that gentleman to step out and hear what alio had toeay. Mr. h. refused to accompany them into the street, but said it they would go into tho hack room he hail no objection to being present nt the interview. He then took Pettiwny by the nrni, and they were walking together to the rear of tho building, when a pistol was discharged, and Petti-way exclaimed that he was shot Pettiwny reeled, hut was supported by Mr Kendig und borno into an niile-rootu, where he remained until his M'ouml was examined by n physician. The ball struck hi. u in the back nml the left of the spine, just below the ribs, und p issed out in fiont, muking a dangerous, though it is not thought a mortal wound. As soon ns she fired her pistol, Henrietta threw it down und turned deliberately to walk out. Mr. Kendig requested someone to detain her. Sho then remarked that she did not wish to chule the officers of the law; that she intended to give herself up to the Recorder. She however took u seat, and in a few moments wns surrounded by u large number of citizens. She is a line looking, well formed womnii, about eighteen or twenty years of age, ns we should judge. She has blue eyes, light brown hair,rathcr above the ordinary statue, and was dressed in a neat, comely nml plain style. Her mien wus as dignified as tho agitation belonging to such a scene would ul-low, while at the same time she seemed to belaboring under u deep excitement which bnro many of the characteristics Oj a withering sense of wrong endured through shame, nbnsement nnd outrnge. She was told by some one that she had killed Petti- way. She replied Unit ho had done worse to her. She said she was n poor, defenceless womun, who had been brought nearly to tho grave hy him, hud been wronged beyond endurance and abandoned in her despair. To some one who naked her why she did this thing, site replied, '7e knows." Slio then added, in a voice somewhat shaken and tremulous, 'This is u fenrful tragedy, but he deserved it." A short while nfterwnrds she seemed to bo oppressed, nnd asked for water. A gentleman who handed her a glass, thinking that aheinight have drunk laudanum, or something of the kind, so violent wns her agitation, asked her if she had taken anything elso that morning. She looked him in the face for a moment, und repeated the words "taken unythiug else!" uml then with n more sternness ndded, No, sir, nothing but revenge!" When the officer was nbout taking her to the lock-up house in Hurunuc street shu reirarked, with much firmness and resignation, "they can but kill me, and I have suffered moro than that already." There wns nothing in the manner of this unfortunate woman that indicated an abandoned character. Wo hear thnt she is a dress maker, and resides with her sister in RojaJ street, who is married to a respectable citizen. Wo bear, moreover, many reports of seduction nnd desertion. It is said, also, that recently she took the offspring of guilty love to ihe house of Pettiwny, where she was turned awny with reproaches, and her child cust out as the fruit of nu illicit connexion with some other person. However this may be, she appeared to us like one who had been wrought up to u deed of fearful import by a sense of injuries unrequited nnd irrepurable. Tho horror occasioned by n scene so bloody was qualified by a sympathy with the principal nctor in it, who seemed bereft of every emotion but that of revenge for wrongs that were loo grievous to bo borne, and incapablo of exertion except in resenting injuries for which, it must be confessed, human laws furuisli but a poor redress. 11 what we hear ot her past history be true, tho blood of Pettiwny could not have washed out tho stain thnt soils her reputation forever; there is for her but one atonement one refuge. Imbruing her hands in the blood of her seducer, if he be ouch, cannot mako clenn her garments and sanctify Ihe errors of life to her frond. Hut may it not bo admiaaablo to pardon something- to the frenzy thnt seizes upon mortal means to accomplish ends that have no remedy in human aid, ns it is surely natural to be merciful to such us have been robbed of all claim to tho consideration of society, except thnt which pity exacts from the forlorn and bruised daughter of sin? Since writing the above, we learn that Pettiway is still alive, although in much pnin, last evening, and that there wns some reason to believe ho would finally recover. The girl is confined in a room nt the watch-house in Baronnc street. Should Pettiwny ho pronounced out of danger, she will probably be allowed to go out on bail at once. Much sympathy is manifested for her in nil quarters, and we hnvo understood that any amount of bail could bo niado up for her immediately. At a recent meeting of the Farmers' Club of New York an interesting conversation took place in relation to the diseased livers of Western Beeves. Some thought the disease arose from over-driving. Or. Underfill! w as of opinion that nine out ot ten oi an Western cattle were diseased in tho liver. Some fine new potatoes, about seven inches incir- ctimft rence, which had been brought to maturity in sixty das by electricity, were exhibited by a member. The same gentleman remarked that he had another bntterv annlmd to various vegetables, which t r bad nothing, and he suggested that it might be attributable to toe tact that peach trees close 10 u were higher than ihe poles which supported the wires. Halt. Jmr. 07" A grandson of Dr. Franklin has been elected to the Congreso of Texas. Frtt fe This grandson. Major Bachc, is an opponent of annexation. He inherits doubtless something of his grandfather's love of national independence and hatred of human slavery. Woald that some portion of the same spirit might be infused into the blood less hearte of our northern dougha. Ihiruxl . Wr.

THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL. VOLUME IX. CO LUMBUS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1815. NUMBER 1. MANSION HOUSE Cikcinkati, O., Main .1. M tile the Cout t Ihuu. This Hold h,ivm( pund into iho hnwU uf Iba wdofftgwd, i now iimlcrgoiog a thorough ri'iir iknwgkoul iho rata cslahlishmeut, IM MUte h.llg ''' .tuS'rMof dt,.M wiU he .. I attractive sad convenient Hupping place for business men. Tin- proprietor will spare m pains in making his fOOtti feel M homt, Hi lurpeneoee in this lint daring a loaf residence ; wiih hm brother of tli-- American Hotel, cbtumhus. ., VM ill f- il rcrt;un that the Man Mini House will not b interior to mi) MttM in the Miil, Mv old acquaintance nrt! Invited la call nnd see mc rinciimati, March Kl. .if. CKAUNCCY KBL8BY. NoTK'F.. lli.vmn sold my coore Moot of Hardware lo Messrs, tiere, Abbott V Co., oil persons knowing them-m Iu's indebted to me will please take notice, th.il I preler that tin.' ICCOQDtl should be paid to RM, rather tMM 100 proper ulBeera. I.LCIAN BUTTLE. We have purrhnsed Mr. failles' stork of ttardwara, ami talted tho store for a term of years. In a few tloye we ex-perl to receive ft fresh Mipply Of goods, purchased hy an experienced haml, which will make our stock large and arell Be Itwted. Vfe arc disposed to sell food at bur nUMi uud invite the former customers of the place, nnd all purchasers of Hani ware, to call at lh,i sign of ihe (olt Padlock Mitd examine our KOode and price. GRB, ABBOTT Jt CO. May 3. rWOOD A. CO.. No. i:i Miulu t si . PMn lelnhiii, tn vile the attention of the merchant! of Olio to their stock YFoRllOR ami Domi.m ii; Dmv (loons. They are now receiving Own abroad, and from the niuoeroei mauafaeioriee tn the city and vicinity, great v ariettas, of goodi cpoeiaNy adapted tO'lhe western trade, lu ieveral desiralile articles, Ihey can give inpoiiaet advantages to their auelonera, and they behove all their prices will be found second to none in rheejpneaa. Jin2'2..wt-w&ilif. Iiiil'V. AND COBDAGfl I Ai TOItV.-MK-. K. l J HinjiLMToa willeontinne the above boriaeee, ear ried ou in this city ly lie r late tuisluind for ten years past. Tim work will be exeeoted bjrtbeaaani foreman and banda ertaa have been engaged in the Ropawalk for the last two vsera ) and the publia ma) be assured that all detcHpltoMl of Rape and STvne, H d curds, ihttgk H't, fyc, JfftM will be made promptly to order and in tin HUB superior ttylu which bns beretofofe given 10 ntttch latienict' 1 - Aug. 13, reu.aw.if. "Hooks whlCfa are Hooks." Till; LIBRARY OFCH01CR KB A 01 NO now ready. No. 1. Botbea, 01 Travel hroiight home I rum the Kasl. Pr ee N eta. 2. The Atnboi Witch : The most iidcresling Iriul of Witcli-eraft ever known. Price .LJ7.J els. it. Qemwn Romance, Undine, ami S.n'.ram and Ins Companions. Price .H) cts. 4. Imagination and Fancy, hy Leigh Haat Price, 50 ctf. fi. The Diary ul l.ndy Willoughhy. Price J.'icts. fi. Tabkl Talk: Opinion on Bootf, Men and Tilings : bjf William Haalitt. Part I. Price S7cle. 7. Headlong Hall and Niglil-Mare Ahhey. Price oOcin. ft. The French in Algiers. Price 9U cts. 0. Table Talk. Pan S, hjr Wan, HasHlt, Prke974 eta, 10. Ancient Mural 'J'ules, Iroiu the Geala Huinaauiu. Plato 3(.) cts. 11. Tha CV'srrnl and the t'ros ; or ltomance lad Heali- ties of Kaatern Travel, by Eliot W arbortoo, Eaq. Part I. P2. The Crescent and the Cross. Pnrt , Pnrc DU tOK Fur sale ut the Hooksture of June 21. 1. N. WHITING & HUNTINGTON. NI'AV H(HS History of (he Popes, from die foundation of the .See of Home to A. I. 17511, at U cti., by Aiehibeid Dower, Esq.. to he completed in l Not. Nos.M and 51 'erplanek'i Stiakspeare. No. 2(1 Pictorial Bible. Ancient Mora! 'Piles, from Ihe Gcsta Homanoruni. 37 cti. The French in Algiers. ;17 clu. Headlong Hall ami Nightmare Abbey, 37A rM. Notes of Travel in Kurope, Egypt, and the Holy I. and, in lull and I M3, by c. U. Riaketu ; t vol. ISmo, History of (ierman, from the earliest period to Ihe pfe-Baol time, hy Frederick Kohlrausch coinplcte in 5 Nos., ut l2j rent! each. Just received at June 9. RILEY'S. SAVE VOURflELVES. The New Vofh Contnbuiiow ship Fire Insurance Company, are ready to insure ogainat 1 - and damage hy fire, in Fmiklin coiinly, ( lliio. Thii Company is old and well cstaMishcd, end mimbt rs aotflOget 1 Us dirtctuM, some ul the principal ouiiness meu ot .V ork cilv. PiniciuMi" !. Bsayth Rogers, PifjreVat Jaam Me-Hride.john A da an, loan Uaggerty, QaKaa C. Verphwek, John Jolinin, Joseph KerMMman, John I. Palmer, Henry Pariah, Reuben Withers, William BeoU,Ferdmaad Haydaia, Peter I. Ifevios, Rkrbard IrVin, 1. I. Marlbat, Qeoage P, pollen, VVilliem Cehnrte, Lowell Holbrook, Calob BaratoW, Tbntaaa V Norm, Robert Colgate. The undersigned is the duly authorized ngrnt of the above company, and is taking insurance at atsonVe, ncl 001 100th uf whiting it Hnntington's Bookstore, np rtalre. May 27..tw-tf. F, J. MATTHEWg, Agent. COLUMBUS HAT STORK. The suMenhir hn 00 hand, mi din (Vhimlum Hal Store, ft few doors north ot the Aaieriraa, one of ihe mnsi splendid nupi riment nf Hats ever msoroq m una cuy. me aasiniaiani iwipisni an mnus gra addressed, were the ruling places ot uivor- and a prices, from a most lUpOtb Heaver down lo the r huup- ,-est kinds. Blon- Gentlemen who wnnt lints nrc invited to cull, particularly In 17 lo, for cxnmple, ihere wns what they call a those who are told in the Dry Goods stores that they can get ' ridotto ul rrsront Vauxhall for w hich one paid half n Hats there of ihe same quality, ch.-r.ner ihan they can buy j guinea, though, except some thousand more lamps Iheaal DM Hat Uteres. Many of the Hats offered at lry h , ' 7 ' -i a...dw.ore, are damaged and old mmcd. If ...y one and a covered passn- there wns nothing belter limn Rant saea a Hat, he can get it at a Dry Goodi store. Hut d on a common night The tide mid torrent ol coach-yea waul ngnnd, fiukkmmt Hat one that will do yt,n ser-; rs was so prodigious, that Horace Wnlpolo left his vice, and worth year money, call at the Cvtumbut Hat More, )0use nt b o'clock, and it was half past nine before Jg ! 123 t1! begotbejf way from Westminister Bridge. The A line assortment uf LSOHUKn IIAiS of dilterent ,h i m . , ? i numbers nnd prices. Also, Royi nnd Children-. Fur n.,d Ofllj ninusing part wns a man in a lurks dress, nml Leghorn linn andt'aps; and a supply of CLOTH CAI'S, two nymphs in masquerade without mnsks, who sail-always on hind. cd amongst the company, nnd, which vtaa the inofct (I r Gentlemen will please bear in mind, that all Hats pur- gurpri8in(r, seemed to surprise nobody, the ed at the Ceeaaebaa Ual tftore are troaed end dieatea aw r , , ,r ' , without charge. J. E. RUDlglLL. Lord Chesterheld a pctnmuscmcnt was rather more May fi. (civilized. The masquerade ut it.uielagh commen- AW H(U)Krt. Heport of Case, argmd and deter- ced alwaya at two o'clock in the day, and the sight mined in ihe Kngbsh Icleiasncal Conns, wuh table presented by gay crowds of masquers, who in their nf the cases and principal matters, ediinl t-y F.dwnrd I). In-1 coaches, their Sedan chairs, or in the myriads of graham, Ran , ef the Phdndclpaia liar ; in '. volt. J nats which thronged the river, hurried to the scene ESVl St Trr " fc8tivity,prT,cd ,hout nS well a, ,n .1,0 Sar- i 'hnnh. t i,, i-.,.,.v mmA in v.rrM F.dited i,v Fraiicw J. dera a most brilliant etlecl. Hut lu suh s these mns- Treohai, Raq . of ihe Philadelphia Par ; in f vo'lu. For sale by J. II. KH.F.Y, Law Ho.,keller and Stationer. June :i. QTOP THAT It A I.I. Inltrrxling to thou ptrM,ns that O aewNaarseeasMW Jons AHaaenrtehntsidavasle lermmcd to do all ksnda of Hookl,indniir in the belt ntyle. and at lower prices than has been chargjed heretofore in tni city. He will aUo keep on hand a funeral nssorirnent of ltlank toik uf VaOJOaa qualities and kinds, such as are in general use. All kind of blank work made up and forwarded nrt short notice. April 2U. VKI.PKAL'H OPKKATIVK bUEoSx, by Do Mesa. i w Khssaeefei of I hserndve norgary. by Alf. A. L. M. Velppau, cnrefully reviel, enlirely remoddellerl. and aus;-meriled with a Treatise nn Minor Hurperv. llluslrated by ear .mo Rewravhice, ioeavBsanMed with the Text. First American from die NttA Paris Fdition. Irnnslalrd by V. H. Townend, M. I). Augmented by die addition of several huit'lrcd - - nf cntirelv new matter, comprising nil the latent improvements ami discoveries in Purjerv in America uped Earepa, m an dm peeeeaathae. Undes the supervision Ktt. and with Notes and tJbservatious, by 'aleiuine Mott, M. J. To !e eonipleled in 3 vols. Volume 1 M now published-Just received and for sale at the Hnoktlnre of JaaeM. I- N. WIHTINti At HUNTINGTON. CKM1PK1CH .SFlKiF.KY XV.W KIHTION Thf First Lkanef Ihe Theory and Practire of Surgery, including tm- Princppnl Operalif-iii. Hy gaojaoj COefsef. New Kdi-tion with Nolt'S and Additions, bv Willard Parker. -V D.. Prfessor of Surjrery in the CehVgi nf Phyinani and 8ur-reons. iii ihe Cniversitv of the Stale of New York. Ate. Ate. nans, Just rcceired and for mIc nt ihe tniktnre of laeeK I. N. WIHTINti & HI NTINtiTON ?AHNR8TOCK S VKUM1FFGK Wholesale and re-L uii, at ehe Draf atoeaef J. it. whratoN. April -. Corner Broad and High sli. AT fl fl QT A TT? 1 HI TUN A T UlllU OllLlJj J U Ullil A Li. . .. . -th pn.hiou in S i . 1 . I - Hi mli . .1 I o ir Attn. Tb. Kov masque mtoCWOf under tho spices of Queen Victoria, has turned nil eyes to the court dress and court manners of tlic last century. w , ke fW ih. (Jourt Journal the following ineo dote, &.C., of lllgh life in ttic time of good Queen Ann, nd the two first Georges: Propriety of dress, nt the epoch chosen for the Ball, was u sort of virtue. Deeoiinn depetided on color and form. The Princes Anne, as n lover of propriety and etiquette, thought herself hound to an inspection of her servant's milled and periwigs. Lord liolingbrokc:, having' one day visited her in haste, in a Hamilie tie, she remarked, "that she supposed his Lordship would soon come to Court in his night cup." The ruling feelings wae even strong in death. Lord Tlianet, on his death hed, sent for his tnilor, and asked him if he could make hun a suit of mourning) in eight hours; if bo could, he would go into mourning for liis brother Burlingt00 hut that he .1 i . I Ml MMMftfl I,,,, ' kmiM I,,,,,,1!' TOO I mode of managing those accessories, the stiuti- UuX the cane, and the feathered hat WM a ItUUV of the deepest importance Itwaje. t rencn importation, and the last groal actors of tlic t'omedie FnncniM prided themselves HKMt mi this talent, and on that of playing with the trill of their shirt orjaboi "Who," exclaimed the poet (iay, "can resist the eloquence of the emb roidered. coat the gold noffbojt( and Um omher-hettded canu:" The play of the snulfhox whs to tiie gentleman what that of the fin wad to ladies aithul period and as it is to the fair Spaniards; at the present day. The contemporary essuyist records this fashion in his good humored satire, in nil advertisement. ''The exercise of the Mmff-lKUt, says ho, "according to the most fashionable airs nnd motions, in opposition to the exercise uf the fun, will ho btUflht with the best plain or perfumed sniiU", at Charles Lillie's, Strand. There w ill he taught the ceremony of the snull'hox, or rules fur offering DuflJ according to the degree of familiarity or distance, with explanations careless, the scornful, the politic, nnd the surly pinch, and the gestures proper in each of them. N. II. The undertaker does not (piestioti hut in n short time to have formed a body of regular snutfhuxes, ready to meet and make head agtinet nil the tfginjent Of fans which have been lately disciplined, and arentow in motion." To be in keeping with the epoch and their costumes, we are afraid that the ladies and gentlemen nt the Queen's Hull w ill require u gffjit dtej more dexterity in the use of fan, hat, smttl'-hox, and dangling sword, than most of them will have acquired. Such was the nicety of gentlemen of UM day, that they would scarcely condescend to touch lOTtfcUMJ with their bejcweled and heerutlh'd fingers. It wan n rule, fur example, with two brothers, the Duke of Marlborough nnd Jack Spencer, never to dirty their fingers with silver; nnd as they, like nil other gentlemen, went about la hackney e beere the ebaumji used to light for the honor of carrying thein, in hoped of picking up the guinea sure to be thing, instead of a shilling when they were set down. With n certain set this over refinement extended itself ut last to all ttM habits of life. It has been handed down as an extreme, to which Lofd llervey carried his effeminate nicety, that, when asked at dinner whether he would have some bet f, he answered, "Beef? oh, DO faughl Don't you knov I never out beef, nor horse, nor any of those tniugar Young Sir Uolph (iorc took i into Ins head that he would not be watted on by drawers in nrown trocus ami bluenprons, and literally gave ail the waiters at the "King's Arms" rich embroideries and laced clothes. IJut in spdo of this extravagant refinement a-nmngst the more exquisite members of society, a great deal of roughness of habits prevailed, as in abundantly re mrded by contemporary members. It WM on this account that when the popular farce of "High Life Helow Stairs" nindo its appearance on the stage, Selwyn expressed his anxiety to be present nt its representation, "fur I nm weary," B.nd he, "ef low live above stairs." Of the state of society of this period, we may judge hy its nmusom-'iit-s Marylebone gardens, Vauxhall, Hanclagh, the head quarters of Lurd Chesterfield, and where lie had Ins querades, mortiing concerts, consisting chiefly of or- ntorios or eveninir entertainments Of the same tie scription, commencing nt half past live and concluding at nine, were constantly given within its precincts, and nttendf.d by the P hall toshionable world. It was at the m isqtics, however, that the greatest gAity prevailed. Costumes of ml countries and nil penoda and rank might be found there, nnd the broadest fun and frolic were universal. The doors without were always crowded with spectators, whose audible, and unrestrained comments on the noble nnd gay revellers ministered to the gratificntioncf eornc, or, as the case may be, wounded the self conceit at others. The gardens, esteemed the most beau' iful in the kingdom, crowded by beauty and splendor, and fashion, presented the most brilliant effect. The , impropriety of these amusements, so devoid of refinement and where the Knglish nobility and gentry, the most exclusive in the world, mixed promiscuously with the worst and most debauched members of the community, was soon felt. AI-mack's now rapidly waning, was the first exclusive institution of pleasure which struck a blow at coarser recreation. There is a new institution, my a Walpole in 1777, which begins to make, and if it proceeds will make a considerable noise. It is a club of both aexee to be erected at AInnclTonthe mode of that of the men at White's. Mis. Fitzroy, Lady Pembroke, Mrs. Meynell, Iady Molyncaux, Mien Lead are the foundresses. It was, however, the Italian Opera, the greatest luxury of refinement and Clilization, the most extraordinary exotic importation, the institution which, combining in a foreign Innguago, tragedy, comedy nnd farce, with music, and with the uddilion of nil that choregrnphy uml pictorial effect which gradually absorbed (and still continues absorbing) the more frequeiiteis of other inferior places of recreation. And ictus add here that particularly since, like reckless and ignorant spondlhrifn of the foi Unes their lathers have earned by the sweat of their brows, we have, to our shame, parted with the matchless glories of our legitimate drami, the Italian Opera as n proof-of our well-employed wealth, of our taetO nnd civilized luxury, is the last pride of the COUUlry in the way of recreation. In comparison to the Continent, we have the same superiority in this respect in the metropolis, us we have m the sports ot the field in the country. We only hick (he taste for art of other nations nol privileged by their riches to ab soib the great talents ot Kurope. His Majesty's Theatre was not, however, in 1715, as it is now, the exemplar of good manners and decorous conduct. We may mention on instance in point a scene in which the aclors were persons of the best lineage and highest refinement of the (lay. One night there was a great tcufle at the Opera. ; Lord Lincoln WU ablated in ihe most shocking intn net hy a drunken officer; upon which ho kicked him nnd was drawing his sword, but was prevented. Horace Walpo!e MW the quarrel from the other sido of the house, and rushing to get to Lord Lincoln, could not for the crowd, lie cliiued into the front bnxes, nnd stepping over the ihoulden of three In-dies, before he know where lie was, found that he had lighted in Lord Buckingham lap, Such wus the reokleai precipitancy of u gentleman in those duys, and " Alticus was he." I.Hhor uml Wnyii. A recent letter of the Secretary of the Slate, communicating the returns of the CoiMula and commercial agents of the Untied Slates at the several ports abroad, containing information in regard to the amount ami description ot commerce and trade between 1 lie U. States nnd foreign countries, together with much incidental information, is before us. A-mong the many useful facts which it sets forth, are the statistics of labor nnd wages in the principal parts of the world. The interest which has been taken, nf late yours in this subject, nnd the importance which politicnl economy has assumed, HI a science, renders such information as we have noticed, and particularly when derived from an authentic source, of great practical value. The statesman, the philanthropist, uml indeed every reading man appreciates the importance of finding out. nnd under-tending! the caueee of national prosperity and of national poverty, and the train nf events which have Combined to settle the vast superiority of some nations over others on the ecoro of prosperity. We have space only to give the current prices of labor in some of tlic principal parts of the world. Annexed is a table showing the relative wnges of particular cralAs in London, Glasgow, Marseilles and Cadiz : WAGES PER WEEK IN Luntlon. (JIusstow. Marstittts. ( 'ndiz. Bricklayers, (1 50 Ji Hi Currit-rs, 7 '-20 lJ 70 :t 90 Cordwaintre, 0 oo :i W 10 70 ilaziers, 0' '-i.l Hatters, (I 50 it 50 !i 90 Tailors, 7 88 4 00 U 70 Mnaons, 7 50 4 W 8 M Shipwrights, 7 HO I 01 4 80 4 M Paintera, 0 88 4 ;I7 n 80 j Suiiihs, 8 (il 8 75 8 M 4 115 Bookbinders, 5 :t0 '! -10 3 (10 Coopers, ;i BS I :t 00 4 88 ('alnnetmakers, 4 ytl It 80 House Carpenters, I 90 4 HO H FiO Pieeterere, I BO I 4 ho 3 tiO Item Cottera, 4 70 1 4 bo Watchmakers, 5 00 Printere, 5 00 3 00 3 90 Weavers Hand Loom, 2 00 2 70 Do Silk, 4 00 I Agricultural laborers in the vicinity of London, nv-e rage from 8 40 to 2 80 per woek, during summer and spring; nnd women employed in field work, receive about 1:2 cents per day. Many of these laborers, however, are, in consequence of the scarcity of work in winter, glad to goto work nt thnt 6enson for what they can get. The laburcrs employed in various trades nrc paid, generally, at the rate of from 'l Hri to $5 01 per week, according to the nature of their emplo) ment. It is impossible to state with IBJf degree of accuracy, the amount of reiuunrration for personal service in London. It depends altogether upon the nature of the service and talent required. Clerks nnd persons of thnt class nre paid salnrics varying from liUNi up to 04(800 per inm according to their length of service, the nature Of their occupation, and the confidence reposed in them. Snne mercantile clerks receive ns salary more than the amount anmnlly paid to the Minister ot tlicLmtcd Mateo id London. In and about Pans, the prico of mechanical labor range from 50 cents to 1 50 per diem; and agricultural from $4 i8 to 50 per month. At (Je-nna the price of mechanical labor is ns follows: Blacksmiths from 98 to 75 cents per day ; joiners from '24 to 25 cents per day ; masons I to M e. mis; printers Irom 1! to 47 cents; shoemakers from '.Wto IJ7 cents ; bakers from 31 to 53 cents ; coopers from 3 to 75 cents ; hatters from 31 to G'2 cents ; tailors (rum 10 to 08 cents the laborer boarding himself and paying all his own expenses. Hut here another consideration applies the coat of living. As a general proposition, living is much cheaper in the United Slates. The only staple articles at (lenon cheaper than here, are maccaroni, oil and coarse linen. But even our substitutes for these are cheaper : bread, butter, meat and cotton fabrics. The duties upon sugar, coffee and tea, are enormous nt OeeM. Meat is always dear, and the common people seldom eat it In every respect the American laborer has Ihe advantage over the Sirdinian of three to one. But things are improving m the kingdom ; labor is rising, the necessaries of life are growing cheaper, and the general condition of the people is better than it has hitherto been. At Vienna, the wages of mechanics, handicrafts men, and workmen in manufactories, vary from '24 engraving is coarse ; light vignctt agricultural im-cents to 01 per day. From October lo April, in plemcnt and ateamboot in the distancp. Pay A. some of the provinces, the agricultural and ordinary laborers have about G cents per day ; and from April to October, about LI cents per day. In some the other provinces the daily wages may berated from 19 to 48 cents; but most of the work in the fields of the landlord is done by soccnge. In no part of the world h labor so well rewarded as in the United States no where besides is the working man able to live so wef', and to occupy as elevated position in society as he does here. In this, as in so ninny other respects, is the excellency of our institutions apparent; we entertain a just pride of the superiority of our workmen, and their jociul condition. Philadelphia M&$tngtr, I. flier- of liiliiiittiiliel Itfrn. Tun English Mission. The "Town" makes itetlf merry over the ludicrous wny in which the honor of representing the Union nt St. James's has been going a begging through the laud ; and gives several of the replies received hy Mr. Polk to his overtures to the different personages, who (the "Town" rOAfi, have had the oiler made lo thein. They are certainly very characteristic. We append a few : CtiAi'F.i, HlLb, May . My dear Mr. Polk: I am perfectly aware that the pat ty have driven you into t mighty narrow place; hut you will get used to such things, as I have, before your next term. I have learnt by experience that there are always scrapes for green ones to get into. You should not have suilored the party to get your nose to the grind stone, unless you meant to suffer some. As to taking the mission to St. James's I'll see you d d first. Yours respectfully, Thomas II. Benton. Li.mf.nwom, May . Most Excellent Sir: Yours, offering tnethe place of Minister to England, is duly received. My opinions on this subject are, 1 trust, definitely understood. Ily the way, have you noticed in the papers ho sadly we want rain in the North? Oarden vegetables, will, I fear, suffer immeiiselv. The appointment of mv ! son John as Attorney General of this State, must, I IIiiiik, have enoruefl you much pleasure, nnd nave been perfectly satisfactory to Genera Jackson. I believe that the United Slates Hank was a curse to this country, and that a proper regard for the interest of the Union does not demand that a new name for the confederacy should be adopted ; although I am free to confess thnt bnnks under proper regulations, may he very useful, nnd that, should the public sentiment require it, I should be the first to glory in tho name of Alleghania. Yours, with great respect, Martin Van Bcuf.n. Washington, May . Sir: My engngemcnts with Mr, Morse will not permit me to accept your very flattering oiler of the mission to England. Another reason is that it has been a cardinal principle with me to nccept only offices of profit, ami as the mission n I turned to would probably pay a loss of 10,000 per annum, it wouldn't answer my purpose ut all. If the party will guarantee to make up the loss and pay me n bonus for breaking with Sir. Morse, I nm open to proposition?. Failing in this, I respectfully offer the use id the Magnetic Telegraph to government to communicate with Mr. McLuue. Very respectfully, Amos Kendall. Emimhe OtOB Roeef, May . Friend Jim i rod your loiter to the hoys the other nite and they giv three cheers forlhe first diinmiernt in the union. I hav made some cuquiris about iho place you otfer me nml i ralher think i kant kum it it wont pay. I should rather get into the Treasury or Mint somehow, i hav long had an intention of getlin into the mint if possible. I hav had a good deal to do with banks and treasury notes are just in my way. couldn't you make mc one of the depositaries of the public mutiny. I would be sure to keep it sale My Inemls Mr, Wouldtidge and Air. lord will go bale for my honesty. Bare (his in BUM ; but i knnt go the missionary business. Yours, Hinders. P. S. The boys are reddy to tnko origan or knlc-fornier or any thing else you want when you say the word. .V. Y. Kvpreit. A Quaker Marriage. A correspondent of the ion's Herald gives the following description of t wedding1 at the Friends' meeting holme in New Bedford. The parlies were Dr. Benjamin F. Hardy and Miss Sarah Coggleshall. The hour appointed wns eleven in ihe fo .moon. At that hour a large assembly convened within the walls of a plain hut somewhat ancient edifice. After the lapse of a few minutes, the bride nnd bridegroom, attended hy their friends and Iho elders of the church, made their appearance, andseatod themselves according to the images of tho society. The bride and bridegroom, with the elders of the church, sat on a platfoim facing the audience, while the friends of tho parties Bat immediately before them. The dress of the young couple, though rich, wns nlain. and their deportment and manners grave, as become thr followers of Penn nnd Fox. I was never so struck with the marriage ceremony M my life be fore; nor did I see a smile ot levity in tne arpeea assembly.After sitting in silence fifteen or twenty minutes, an aged man probably the leader of the meeting-arose and made a few sensible remarks on the general importance of covenant Keeping; after which the bride and bridegroom joined hands, nnd each in an audible voice promised to he fatMnl to each other till death should separate them. They tL. n severally signed a printed covenant, on parchment, I believe; after which the covenant was read in the heating of the meeting. It was read k y the venerable Mr. Shermnn, the oldest printer of a newspaper in New Bedford. The audience were now invited to repair to a central part of the house, where, a table being placed, the covenant was laid on it, and those who were willing to do so appended their names to it as witnesses. The ceremony of witnessing the covenant was long and somewhat tedious, but nevertheless interesting. The company began to leave the house in silence, before half the names were inserted. A new counterfeit has made its appearance at Pittsburgh. It is on tho North Western Bank of Virginia, at Wheeling -denomination 10. The Williams dated "Wheeline, May 1. ltUrimmedi ntely over the President's name, and also over that of the Cashier. There is no implement on the genuine notes of this denomination. From the New Orleans Picayuue. Fcaifut Brtribniiou. Our neighborhood wns startled yesterday morning; by the report of a pistol, fired in Mr. Kcndig's auction store, on Camp street, nearly opposite our office. A mi intent after the discharge, men were seen running to and fro, ns though some friohtful deed hud been committed. The immediate occasion of the stir and confusion is soon told, though beyond the act there is a history, we fear, darker in its complexion than tin- transaction we are about lo relate. About 10 o'clock a girl named Henrietta Illan- chnrd stood in the frontdoor of Mr. Kcndig's store, and becKoned to some one to come to her. Mr. Keudig imagining that she desired to see him on business, stepped up to iier. He was told thnt it wua not him she wanted, but a Mr. John Parker Petti-wny, who is a negro trader. Mr. Petti way hereup on approached her. one nsked htm to walk out with bur, when he turned to Mr. Kendig, and do- sired that gentleman to step out and hear what alio had toeay. Mr. h. refused to accompany them into the street, but said it they would go into tho hack room he hail no objection to being present nt the interview. He then took Pettiwny by the nrni, and they were walking together to the rear of tho building, when a pistol was discharged, and Petti-way exclaimed that he was shot Pettiwny reeled, hut was supported by Mr Kendig und borno into an niile-rootu, where he remained until his M'ouml was examined by n physician. The ball struck hi. u in the back nml the left of the spine, just below the ribs, und p issed out in fiont, muking a dangerous, though it is not thought a mortal wound. As soon ns she fired her pistol, Henrietta threw it down und turned deliberately to walk out. Mr. Kendig requested someone to detain her. Sho then remarked that she did not wish to chule the officers of the law; that she intended to give herself up to the Recorder. She however took u seat, and in a few moments wns surrounded by u large number of citizens. She is a line looking, well formed womnii, about eighteen or twenty years of age, ns we should judge. She has blue eyes, light brown hair,rathcr above the ordinary statue, and was dressed in a neat, comely nml plain style. Her mien wus as dignified as tho agitation belonging to such a scene would ul-low, while at the same time she seemed to belaboring under u deep excitement which bnro many of the characteristics Oj a withering sense of wrong endured through shame, nbnsement nnd outrnge. She was told by some one that she had killed Petti- way. She replied Unit ho had done worse to her. She said she was n poor, defenceless womun, who had been brought nearly to tho grave hy him, hud been wronged beyond endurance and abandoned in her despair. To some one who naked her why she did this thing, site replied, '7e knows." Slio then added, in a voice somewhat shaken and tremulous, 'This is u fenrful tragedy, but he deserved it." A short while nfterwnrds she seemed to bo oppressed, nnd asked for water. A gentleman who handed her a glass, thinking that aheinight have drunk laudanum, or something of the kind, so violent wns her agitation, asked her if she had taken anything elso that morning. She looked him in the face for a moment, und repeated the words "taken unythiug else!" uml then with n more sternness ndded, No, sir, nothing but revenge!" When the officer was nbout taking her to the lock-up house in Hurunuc street shu reirarked, with much firmness and resignation, "they can but kill me, and I have suffered moro than that already." There wns nothing in the manner of this unfortunate woman that indicated an abandoned character. Wo hear thnt she is a dress maker, and resides with her sister in RojaJ street, who is married to a respectable citizen. Wo bear, moreover, many reports of seduction nnd desertion. It is said, also, that recently she took the offspring of guilty love to ihe house of Pettiwny, where she was turned awny with reproaches, and her child cust out as the fruit of nu illicit connexion with some other person. However this may be, she appeared to us like one who had been wrought up to u deed of fearful import by a sense of injuries unrequited nnd irrepurable. Tho horror occasioned by n scene so bloody was qualified by a sympathy with the principal nctor in it, who seemed bereft of every emotion but that of revenge for wrongs that were loo grievous to bo borne, and incapablo of exertion except in resenting injuries for which, it must be confessed, human laws furuisli but a poor redress. 11 what we hear ot her past history be true, tho blood of Pettiwny could not have washed out tho stain thnt soils her reputation forever; there is for her but one atonement one refuge. Imbruing her hands in the blood of her seducer, if he be ouch, cannot mako clenn her garments and sanctify Ihe errors of life to her frond. Hut may it not bo admiaaablo to pardon something- to the frenzy thnt seizes upon mortal means to accomplish ends that have no remedy in human aid, ns it is surely natural to be merciful to such us have been robbed of all claim to tho consideration of society, except thnt which pity exacts from the forlorn and bruised daughter of sin? Since writing the above, we learn that Pettiway is still alive, although in much pnin, last evening, and that there wns some reason to believe ho would finally recover. The girl is confined in a room nt the watch-house in Baronnc street. Should Pettiwny ho pronounced out of danger, she will probably be allowed to go out on bail at once. Much sympathy is manifested for her in nil quarters, and we hnvo understood that any amount of bail could bo niado up for her immediately. At a recent meeting of the Farmers' Club of New York an interesting conversation took place in relation to the diseased livers of Western Beeves. Some thought the disease arose from over-driving. Or. Underfill! w as of opinion that nine out ot ten oi an Western cattle were diseased in tho liver. Some fine new potatoes, about seven inches incir- ctimft rence, which had been brought to maturity in sixty das by electricity, were exhibited by a member. The same gentleman remarked that he had another bntterv annlmd to various vegetables, which t r bad nothing, and he suggested that it might be attributable to toe tact that peach trees close 10 u were higher than ihe poles which supported the wires. Halt. Jmr. 07" A grandson of Dr. Franklin has been elected to the Congreso of Texas. Frtt fe This grandson. Major Bachc, is an opponent of annexation. He inherits doubtless something of his grandfather's love of national independence and hatred of human slavery. Woald that some portion of the same spirit might be infused into the blood less hearte of our northern dougha. Ihiruxl . Wr.